republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-754.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing county election officials access to certain information"
description: "Allowing county election officials access to certain information"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 754"
citation: "Montana HB 754 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lyn Hellegaard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-29T19:16:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:26:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d43ffb1e-2426-48ad-a50a-9a70ce5ffb70"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4336"
source_hash: "d7b004e945311a4c6ab411e69692dbe88d600764e343d25c035d061a3431dae0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 754 (2023) — Allowing county election officials access to certain information

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0754.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10855)
2. **HB0754.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10856)
3. **HB0754001SCH.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10857)
4. **HB0754_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10859)
5. **HB0754_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10858)
6. **HB0754_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10860)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **68–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lyn Hellegaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-05-19T19:26:15+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:38:01+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-02T17:11:16+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T17:11:15+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T22:02:14+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T19:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T14:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T15:25:43+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-12T20:09:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T20:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-31T17:10:16+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-30T15:51:37+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-29T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:59:33+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:42+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:21:37+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T23:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T23:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T18:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T14:00:02+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-22T20:10:17+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22T19:37:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T05:00:12+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-22T02:09:55+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-21T15:49:38+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-19T22:43:33+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T20:49:38+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-19T20:49:34+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T20:34:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-19T20:27:37+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-18T23:59:11+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-18T23:59:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-18T22:45:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-18T21:51:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-17T00:05:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-16T23:12:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-14T20:49:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-14T20:34:29+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-02-14T18:38:00+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2023-02-14T14:19:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-12T22:16:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-29T19:16:14+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d43ffb1e-2426-48ad-a50a-9a70ce5ffb70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).